Wine: Trivia Quiz Answers
1) It is endorsed by hot celebrities
2) It has high alcohol content
3) It has been stored in a humd Wine cellar
4) It’s stolen, as Wine can cost a fortune
Answer: 2) It has high alcohol content.
Wine being “hot” or having “heat” on the finish refers to a perception of excessive alcohol. It has something to do with the balance of a wine, and the relationship of alcohol to other elements, like flavor, tannins and body.
1) Champagne in Northern France
2) Tuscany, Italy
3) Ancient Greece
4) Caucasus and Zagros Mountains
Answer: 4) Caucasus and Zagros Mountains
Wine is said to have originated in the Caucasus Mountains and the Zagros Mountains which contain the highest peaks of Europe. These mountain ranges span from Armenia through Azerbaijan, Georgia, northern Iran, southeastern Anatolia, and eastern Turkey.
1) 400 grapes
2) 1,000 grapes
3) 27 grapes
4) 100 grapes
Answer: 1) 400 grapes
Only 400 grapes are required to produce a bottle of wine.
1) 1,290
2) About 2,000
3) More than 10,000
4) We lost count after tasting the 10th bottle
Answer: 3) More than 10, 000
There are more than 10, 000 varieties worldwide. 13 percent of these cover over 1/3 of the vineyard areas in the world.
1) The skins are left in the WIne during the process of fermentation
2) Red Wine requires longer aging
3) The alcohol content
4) Red Wine is more expesive
Answer: 1) The skins are left in the Wine during the process of fermentation
The biggest difference is how these are produced. Red grapes are darker with more pigment. White grapes are pressed and juice is fermented.
1) France
2) Portugal
3) Vatican City
4) Italy
Answer: 2) Portugal
Portugal consumes 62 liters every year for a country of only 10 million people.
1. Chateau Margaux 1787
2. Chateau Lafite 1869
3. 1947 Cheval Blanc
4) 1945 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
Answer: 4) 1945 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
The most expensive is 1945 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti sold at US$558, 000 per bottle.
1) Italy
2) France
3) USA
4) China
Answer: 1) Italy
Italy remains the world’s largest wine producer, followed by France and Spain. These countries are also the world’s largest exporters, accounting for more than 50% of the global market by volume.
1) Other containers will spoil the Wine
2) Oak barrels enhance the Wine’s aging capacity
3) Oak barrels improve the Wine’s flavour
4) None of the above
Answer: 3) Oak barrels improve the wine’s flavor
Oak barrels contain tannins that improves the wine’s flavor.
1) Donald Trump
2) Every US President
3) John Kennedy
4) Tomas Jefferson
Answer: 4) Tomas Jefferson
Tomas Jefferson had 20, 000 wine bottles in this wine cellar at the White House.
1) Mild
2) Bleeding
3) Happiness
4) Nothing since it was just a last name
Answer: 2) Bleeding
Sangria means bloody or bloody which refers to the drink’s ruby hue when made with red wine.
1) The year the grapes were harvested
2) the year the Wine was bottled
3) When the Wine should be consumed
4) When the Wine was released
Answer: 1) The year the grapes were harvested
A wine’s vintage can greatly affect the taste and quality, primarily because of the weather that affects the vines throughout the growing season.
1) Texas
2) Canada
3) Virginia
4) Mexico
Answer: 4) Mexico
The most important winery in Mexico is Casa Madero. It is the oldest winery in the New World, founded in 1597 as Hacienda San Lorenzo. This label includes a range of varietals, with its chardonnay, chenin blanc and Syrah winning awards. Its brandies are considered among the best in Mexico.
1) Cabernet Sauvignon
2) White Zinfandel
3) Chardonnay
4) Gryffindor
Answer: 1) Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely-planted variety globally. This is according to a study from the University of Adelaide recently.
1) Longer aging
2) High alcohol content
3) Reserved
4) Higher price
Answer: 1) Longer aging
This is an Italian word commonly used to describe wine which is longer aging.
1) 12
2) 3
3) 100
4) 300
Answer: 4) 300
Each barrel contains about 60 gallons, 25 cases or 300 750ml bottles
1) 30
2) 10
3) 50
4) 3
Answer: 3) 50
The answer is 50 with California producing roughly 89% and New Mexico being the oldest having started wine-making in 1628.
1) Viognier
2) Pinot Noir
3) Zinfandel
4) Any Wine consumed alone after midnight
Answer: 2) Pinot Noir
It is Pinot Noir which means fragile and thin-skinned.
1) Catacombs of Paris
2) Pyramid museum in Egypt
3) At the Smithsonian
4) Museum in speyer, Germany
Answer: 4) Museum in Speyer, Germany
The oldest known unopened wine bottle is found in Speyer Museum, Germany. The bottle has been dated between 325 and 350 AD. Since its discovery, it has been exhibited at the Wine Museum section of the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer.
1) 100 AD
2) It has always been here
3) 1775
4) 6000 BC
Answer: 4) 6000 BC
The oldest archaeological evidence of wine production from grapes was in Georgia in 6,000 B. C. Wine making and consumption significantly increased from the 15 th century on wards following the European expansion.
1) 1960
2) Mid 1800’s
3) Approximately 1250 and it was made of bronze
4) When i was no longer polite to smash the top off the bottle
Answer: 2) Mid 1800’s
This was during the middle part of 1800s with the patent recorded at England by a certain Englishman, Samuel Henshall. He added a flat button of metal to the helix to make a firmer fit with the cork.
1) Brazil
2) Peru
3) Argentina
4) Ecuador
Answer: 3) Argentina
It is Argentina which accounts for 45% of wine production in the continent.
1) Winophobia
2) Grapisintinosiophobia
3) Fear of Wine does not exist
4) Oenophobia
Answer: 4) Oenophobia
The origin of the word oeno is Greek (meaning wine) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear).
1) Pinot Blanc
2) Viognier
3) Chardonnay
4) Chenin Blanc
Answer: 3) Chardonnay
The answer is Chardonnay which is among the most popular French wines worldwide.
1) To show it wasn’t poisoned
2) Wine was commonly used as medicine
3) If you drank enough all your problems went away
4) To wish guests good luck
Answer : 1) To show it wasn’t poisoned
This idiom has several meanings. However, when you said drinking to your health, it meant to prove the drink is safe and not poisonous.